The day in photos

Camels rehearse for the closing ceremony of Republic Day, India’s independence day, in New Delhi on Monday.

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Raisina Hill, home to India’s most important government buildings, is illuminated for Republic Day in New Delhi.

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Indo-Tibetan Border Police march in the 65th Republic Day parade on Sunday in New Delhi.

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An officer hits a protester as demonstrators try to re-take their base at Freedom Park on Sunday in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

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An armored man forges his way through Tough Guy, “the toughest race in the world,” in Staffordshire, England, on Sunday.

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A competitor takes on the Tough Guy challenge.

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Runners in the Marmot Dark Mountains marathon illuminate the landscape with their headlamps on Sunday in Glossop, England.

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Participants cheer, dance and toss colored powder into the air during The Color Run in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday.

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Children swim in a river near Bobangui, Central African Republic, an area controlled by Christian militias, on Sunday.

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Egyptians gather at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Saturday, marking the third anniversary of the Egyptian revolution.

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An Orthodox Christian priest prays in front of riot police near a landscape of frozen-over barricades in Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday.

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Protesters stand behind their fiery barricade in Kiev, Ukraine.

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138 couples tie the knot in a mass marriage organized by Sant Nirankari Mission on Monday in Mumbai, India.

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Protesters destroy a police car in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday during demonstrations against their country’s hosting of the 2014 World Cup.

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A car burns during protests against the 2014 World Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Children swim with fish inside an aquarium to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday.

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A little boy puts down a flower at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery on Sunday, marking the 70th anniversary of the World War II battle that lifted the Siege of Leningrad in Saint Petersburg, Russia.